《国家破产之日》将镜头对准了1997年的亚洲金融风暴。讲述国家破产前的一周时间内,想要阻止危机的人和追逐利益的人身上发生的故事。金慧秀在片中饰演最早预见破产并开始寻找对策的韩国银行通货政策小组组长韩诗贤,面对复杂的体系和权利关系,她面前的道路可谓困难重重;刘亚仁则饰演在危机中逐利的金融才子尹正学;法国影帝文森·卡索将饰演秘密入韩的IMF总裁。Si-hyun(Hye-su Kim), the monetary policy manager at the Bank of Korea, predicts a massive national financial crisis and reports it to the Director. The Director doesn't schedule an emergency summit until 10 days later but does it without notifying the public of the situation. Si-hyun urges for the crisis to be announced in order to warn people of the looming disaster, but her plea is ignored. The summit is held behind closed doors. Jung-hak(Ah-in Yoo), a financial consultant, notices Korea is suddenly hemorrhaging foreign funds, and he learns the reason is that international finance firms have ordered an all-out investment withdrawal from the country, which has caused the credit rating to plummet. He hands in his resignation and decides to play the odds on what he's sure is a coming crisis. He secretly starts gathering investors willing to do the same. Gap-su(Jun-ho Heo), a family man who runs a small tableware factory, has a big break and wins a contract with a department store. The ...